26Apr

5 PRACTICES THAT HELPED ME STOP BEING A PEOPLE-PLEASER

This post appeared on Tiny Buddha. “If you spend your life pleasing others, you spend your life.” – Cheryl Richardson Looking back on my life, I came to realize that I spent quite a high amount of my precious time trying. Trying to be perfect. Trying to be appreciated and liked by everyone else around […]
26Apr

WHEN I STOPPED COMPETING, I SET MYSELF FREE

This post appeared on Tiny Buddha. “With nothing to compare yourself to, aren’t you perfect?” – Byron Katie I have never liked competition. Every time I compete, I feel pressured and disconnected from others. I love harmony, peace, collaboration, and win-win situations, kind of like “me happy, you happy.” I don’t need to watch another […]
14Jun

I AM NOT WHAT I OWN

“Acknowledging the good that you already have in your life is the foundation of all abundance.” – Eckhart Tolle I grew up in an Eastern-European middle-class family. After the Romanian revolution in 1989, money got depreciated at such a level that, with the same amount of money my parents could buy a car, they ended up […]
24Mar

HOW TO BE YOUR OWN BEST FRIEND

I will never forget the day I was told I had to learn how to love myself. It came like thunder. Loving myself? Wasn’t that supposed to be selfish? I couldn’t really say I had a good relationship with myself at that time. I had no clue about who I was and what I really […]
22Aug

OUR WORDS HAVE POWER (SO SPEAK KINDLY TO AND ABOUT YOURSELF)

This post appeared on Tiny Buddha. “I monitor my self-talk, making sure it is supportive and uplifting for myself and others.” ~ Louise Hay Three years ago, I ended up with no work in a foreign country. I was almost depressed, as I didn’t know what to say when people asked questions about my profession. The […]
14Aug

HOW I PRIORITIZE AND TAKE CARE OF MYSELF WITHOUT FEELING SELFISH

This article appeared on Tiny Buddha. “I am worthy of the best things in life, and I now lovingly allow myself to accept it.” ~ Louise Hay Looking back on my life, I see that for a long time I struggled to take care of my own wants and needs and didn’t make them a priority. […]